History Comicbook / AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise

* AsleepForDays: Zuko is under immense stress and can barely sleep, which only gets worse as the plot progresses. When [[spoiler:the Yu Dao conflict is resolved and it turns out he wasn't turning into his father]], he promptly collapses. Later, he mentions that he feels like he's been asleep for weeks; Aang replies that it's only been ''four days''.

* RealityEnsues: The long-term consequences of a century-long war in which many people died and some land changed hands will not simply go away because one of your friends has replaced the EvilOverlord in charge of the aggressor nation. Even if both sides have well-intentioned individuals in charge, there is still the potential for conflict.

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* RealityEnsues: The long-term consequences of a century-long war in which many people died of conquest and some land changed hands genocide will not simply go away because one of your friends has replaced the EvilOverlord in charge of the aggressor nation. nation and is perfectly willing to make any reparations requested. Even if both sides have well-intentioned individuals in charge, there is still the potential for conflict.conflict simply because some things ''can't'' be fixed, and instead have to be ''lived with.''

** Doubly so [[FantasyCounterpartCulture given what the Earth Kingdom is based off of]]. China does ''not'' recognize the concept of dual citizenship, and still believes heavily in Ethnic Nationalism, that is to say, you are who you are born, and [[ImmigrantPatriotism any feelings otherwise]] are [[CategoryTraitor traitorous]] and [[NoTrueScotsman false]].

* RealityEnsues: See {{Deconstruction}}; the long-term consequences of a century-long war in which many people died and some land changed hands will not simply go away because one of your friends has replaced the EvilOverlord in charge of the aggressor nation. Even if both sides have well-intentioned individuals in charge, there is still the potential for conflict.

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* RealityEnsues: See {{Deconstruction}}; the The long-term consequences of a century-long war in which many people died and some land changed hands will not simply go away because one of your friends has replaced the EvilOverlord in charge of the aggressor nation. Even if both sides have well-intentioned individuals in charge, there is still the potential for conflict.

* IndyPloy: Sokka does this as usual. He admits as much when after he has had Toph, Suki, and himself hijacking a Fire Nation tank as part of a plan.-->'''Toph:''' Step one complete! What's step two?\\'''Sokka''' ''(shrugs)'' Not sure. I was sorta hoping step two would come to me while we were working on step one.

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* StopWorshippingMe: Aang is quite upset when he encounters members of the Avatar Aang fan club who wears clothes in his style and even have tattooed arrows like his own onto to themselves. While he acknowledges that they might do it in reverence of him, he still tells them that they have no right to do so as they do not fully understand the symbolism behind these things, and he feels the gesture reduces the Air Nomad culture into a "game". In the end, though, after seeing them putting their lives at risk on the battlefield in the name of peace, he decides that their hearts are in the right place so he decides to become their teacher in the ways and philosophy of the Air Nomads.

* BlatantLies: The firebending teacher, on seeing that he can't get rid of the spear wrapped around his head, claims he's keeping it as a convenient way of carrying flags around and that he can remove it anytime he wants.

* BoringButPractical: Once Toph's students manage to metalbend, they train by spinning a metal helmet in the air. Toph is unimpressed, but it turns out to be a useful skill to [[spoiler:neutralize a squad of helmeted soldiers.]]

* EmoTeen: Toph's metalbending student, who prefers to be known as "The Dark One". (His real name is [[EmbarrassingFirstName Moo-Chee-Goo-Chee-La-Poo-Chee]] [[OverlyLongName the Third]].)

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* EmoTeen: Toph's metalbending student, who prefers to be known as "The Dark One". (His real name is [[EmbarrassingFirstName [[spoiler:[[EmbarrassingFirstName Moo-Chee-Goo-Chee-La-Poo-Chee]] [[OverlyLongName the Third]].)Third]]]].) On finding it out, Sokka is no longer surprised at his attitude.

** Virtually ''all'' the tension is a consequence of Zuko not telling anyone anything before making his decisions. Comparisons can be made to how the ''entire war'' only began because Roku and Sozin were unable to calmly discuss their own problems, something that Roku regularly angsts about.

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** Virtually ''all'' the tension is a consequence of Zuko not telling anyone anything before making his decisions.decisions (repeatedly lampshaded by Mai). Comparisons can be made to how the ''entire war'' only began because Roku and Sozin were unable to calmly discuss their own problems, something that Roku regularly angsts about.

* BadassDecay: Katara becomes less of an ActionGirl and more of a SatelliteLoveInterest with each instalment of the comics. The narrative has her life revolve around Aang and being [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/da55930072e92161f309d0af34f44ffe/tumblr_inline_o9am57AM221r3cqrr_540.png primarily defined as his "girlfriend"]]. This, coupled with ShippingBedDeath has made the Kataang ship increasingly unpopular. Katara's role here is still more than what she eventually becomes in LegendofKorra.

* BadassDecay: Katara becomes less of an ActionGirl and more of a SatelliteLoveInterest with each instalment of the comics. The narrative has her life revolve around Aang and being [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/da55930072e92161f309d0af34f44ffe/tumblr_inline_o9am57AM221r3cqrr_540.png primarily defined as his "girlfriend"]]. This, coupled with ShippingBedDeath has made the Kataang ship increasingly unpopular. Katara's role here is still more than what she eventually becomes in LegendofKorra.

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